Personal Narrative: Moving To A New Country

For most families immigrating to a new country, it's going to be hard transitioning yourself to that environment with a lot of things one hasn't seen before like new cultures, people, laws, and food. They’re also going to be problems like finding a job, money, making friends, adjusting to different races, and mainly getting expected by other people. It's never easy leaving one's home country which they established themselves to be somebody. Also, leaving family and friends behind is a difficult task to do. Having to start a new life is never going to be simple for anyone trying to make a name for themselves, especially for a foreigner who has no recognition of what anything is in that new county. A lot of times coming to a new country one
My dad had a low paying job as a security guard and my mom was working at Mcdonald’s. To make things even more hectic my older brother was born. My Uncle Joe was fed up with the whole thing because he had to support my parents plus his own family. So he was tried and told my dad to find an apartment for himself. And he did he found an one bedroom apartment in Jersey City where I was born so there was 4 people living in a one bedroom apartment. Imagine how chaotic that was but my parents didn't stop grinding they were still chasing that “American Dream” to be somebody. With the motivation of chasing the “American Dream” and by God's grace they final were able to be successful. My dad found a job at Nj Transit which he stills work there till today and my mom went to school at Montclair State University to get her degree in nutrition now she is a nutritionist and got her master too. Both of them accomplished their goals of giving their kids thing they never had growing up and making life easy for me and my siblings. But living the “American Dream” was there biggest enjoyment of being a foreigner from a poor country of Nigeria and coming to America with no money, barely any family basically nothing. Having a lot of setbacks but still didn't let that derail them and continued to push and bet the odds that they biggest accomplishment. Now they can share their story to family members coming from Nigeria to not lose the goal of being in this country in the first place and always stay focused to strive for greatness. I’m definitely motivated everyday to do the best I can and to be grateful for everything I have in this world. Also, my parents help out other family members coming to America by giving them a place to stay